Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 23:16
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 132 61% 97.4 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 288 32% 251 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341B) CLim: 1268 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 64.8 Parallax 77.6 52% 68.9 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 61.6 Splatting 52.3 48% 59.6 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 221 20 31 33 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 354 Write 124 Mixed 251 SusWrite 96.2 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 25.2 84% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 122 117% 184 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 102%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 143GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 109 110 109 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 109 73% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 70%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 32GB-$11 2,386 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 22GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 6.5 5.9 8.6 5.9 8.6 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 96.8 Write 23.9 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 6.9 41% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.2 143% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 37%
DMI External HDD 2TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1.5TB free, PID 0336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 30.8 Write 29.2 Mixed 26.6 SusWrite 25.3 38% 28 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 1.1 253% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 29%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 122 122 122 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 144 Write 140 Mixed 21.4 SusWrite 122 138% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 43% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A160 CMZ16GX3M2A16 16GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 49%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	859x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16